Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wild West

Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by learc83 on Thursday September 27, 2018 @03:33PM (#18087833)

None of the regulations you're talking about are designed to prevent a car from intentionally being used as a weapon, which is what the OP is arguing for. We don't have laws requiring we install security devices in our cars for instance (like some jurisdictions do with trigger locks).

Regulating drones might prevent some accidents and nuisance complaints, but it isn't going to stop people from using them for terrorist attacks.

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Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by aqme28 on Thursday September 27, 2018 @03:45PM (#18087922)

Laws can't "prevent" misuse of that kind. They add roadblocks, and for that they are valuable.

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Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by learc83 on Thursday September 27, 2018 @03:50PM (#18087958)

Of course they can't. If you want to be pedantic s/prevent/make it harder/.

The point still stands. Automobile regulations weren't designed to make it harder for terrorist to use cars as intentional weapons. They do a very poor job at that, and if that were their intended purpose, they wouldn't be worth the cost.

Requiring licenses to operate drones may or may not be worth the cost. If it is, it won't be because it prevents terrorism.

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